Show bead 6 e to L fuat time Is it now rita the man huddled beside r her on the seat scat was burled in his fur ur wrappings half past eleven the girl spoke quietly her frosty breath plumed from her lips in the still night air the headlights on the car swept around a bend wreck yourself at this speed rita the mans mang voice was edged with anxiety weve got to make lt it we I 1 promised aou ou wed reach the place before midnight otherwise you wont get the fortune your grandfather left tunny funny old eccentric that he was if you dont get the fortune we cant get ignarri married ed for a long on while so at least a second to twelve well mell be parked at the curb before his house to think you must do this instead of met me youre a grand little sport rita ilita I 1 dont know how to thank you tt it will be a happy new year tor for us both it if we me win sure they slewed around another curve the lights seemed to climb forever the plunge with deft skill rita controlled the car they passed into a lonely stretch billy had been abroad at the time of his grandfathers death the lawyer had cabled the instruct 1 I tell Us the time Quick lyl she shouted eions to him home exactly by midnight of new years eve or tile the old mans fortune woula would go to charity why why rita had asked in dismay could he be so unreasonable you might have been anywhere billy akym here I 1 perfectly impossible to get home my ily grandfather believed in the law of the will lie he said you could do anything if tile the desire were strong enough what time is it now twenty to twelve I 1 and still forty miles you cant do it 1 I can do it once they skidded within a hairs breadth of a tree trunk another time they slid around a corner just missing a great van the money wont do us much good if were dead muttered the man grimly A quarter to twelve ten minutes still many miles from their destination ti give it up tip rita give it tip cupl I 1 lie he commanded ills his hand clutched her arm she shook it off were not finished til etli were finished her cry was a challenge blown to his ears on the cold breath of the wind seven minutes to twelve the lighted face of a town clock loomed up ahead they streaked through the place at breakneck break neck speed reached the town limit and tore on again the car careened slewed caught itself just in time the engine roared the passing scenery was a blur of black good old ed engine ine rita once said five minutes to twelve they entered another town not arrested yet its a miracle cried billy but this time they were not so fortunate A policeman stood in the street holding up tip his hand had the street been wide rita would have ignored him but cars were parked on either side a trolley had stopped near the officer she simply could not make it without killing him with it a grinding of brakes a skillfully managed slew she drew up beside him before he could speak she leaned out tell us the time quickly VI her anxious face white look of strain startled the man weve got to make it dont keep us well vell come back pay anything V 1 the officer drew out hi his watch its exactly four minutes to eleven rita appeared to collapse to prow grow small and limp all in a moment have we me been an hour leour out of the way she gasped no lady likely you forgot the time changes here its exactly three minutes and a half to eleven ile he lot them go on with a warning about speed what a corker you are rita and how my grandfather would hase am e loved you here we are all in ill good time and a lawyer standing 0 on 11 the steps to hoc hee we did it happy apy new year darling perhaps she smiled the time element was the trick in it I 1 must look a fright you look divine kiss me drat tile lawyer she kissed b him I 1 D 13 western rew aper union |